COLLEGE FOOTBAL QUOTES
"I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have."
"I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have."
"Paralyze resistance with persistence."
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"The only meaningful statistic is number of games won."
"Without winners, there wouldn't even be civilization."
"A man is always better than he thinks."
"I don't live in the past. I'm a student of the past, and I try to learn from the past, although some people will say, 'You haven't done a very good job of it.' But for me to live in the past? Hell, no.'"
"Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet."
"The time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect."
"Success - it 's what you do with what you've got."
"I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games. I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people."
"I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise to lose, and that has taken a man of mediocre ability and made a pretty good coach out of him."
"You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit."
Woody on Bo Schembechler: "We respected one another so damn much. Now that doesn't mean I didn't get so mad at him that I wanted to kick him in the, uh, groin."
"The height of human desire is what wins, whether it's on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium."
"Make sure you do the thinking with this head (pointing to his head), and not with this head (pointing beneath his belt)." - to his 1974 freshman class
"There are too many people who can too easily identify with defeat."
"You don't have to like me, just respect me."
"Just remember one thing. I can do your job, but you can't do mine." - to an OSU professor
"You know, I still didn't know what the hell he was talking about." - after listening to Sid Gillman describe his passing offense for almost a whole day.
"I could beat Jesse Owens in a 100 yard dash if you gave me enough of a head start."
"You can never pay back, but you can always pay forward."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
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